At the close of each year, Wild Ones chapters report on their leadership, membership, engagement and outreach. The State of the Chapter Report (SOCR) is an opportunity to highlight and celebrate your chapter's accomplishments and the work your chapter is doing to move Wild Ones mission forward. Details shared in the reports will enable chapter collaboration and inform the development of chapter trainings, tools and resources. 

This year's SOCR is divided into five forms: Chapter Administration, Chapter Finances, Chapter Membership, Chapter Communications and Chapter Programs. The separate forms enable different officers to log in to the Member Account site to complete them. The chapter treasurer is likely best suited to respond to the questions about chapter finances; the membership chair will be best positioned to answer questions about chapter membership. The chapter president should choose which officer/board member to complete each form. Only one login/user per form is permitted (the same draft cannot be shared between officers). Please submit only one of each form for your chapter. The online forms may be completed as time allows (akin to filing your taxes online). Plan to use a laptop or desktop computer to complete the forms; Google Chrome is the preferred browser. Remember to click "save draft" at the bottom of each page as you move through the form and before closing the tab/browser!

SOCR questions are targeted to get a clear picture of how chapters are making an impact in their communities. The more active and engaged a chapter is, the more time will be needed to complete the forms. We recognize that many chapters may not have answers to some of the questions; while most of the questions are not required, we ask that you do your best to provide as much detail as possible. Through this report, the national board and staff hope to identify chapter expertise and prioritize resource development and opportunities to support chapters in fulfilment of Wild Ones mission.

Since the SOCR release two weeks ago, many chapter officers have saved drafts of forms they are working on. If logged in, chapter officers can view their chapter's form submission status at members.wildones.org/socr-2021/completed-socr-forms.

Thanks to the Blue Ridge and River City-Grand Rapids Area Chapters for already completing all five forms!

If you run into difficulties while working on the forms, please click "save draft" and contact [email protected].

The forms are robust and will take time to complete. To enable discussion of the forms among chapter officers and board members, please download and preview the 2021 SOCR form questions; loading the questions into a folder with shared editing permissions will facilitate collaboration. While most of the questions posed this year are new, your chapter's 2020 SOCR submission is available to reference in the Chapter Officer Hub. Forms must be submitted on or before January 5^th, 2022, to avoid a $25 penalty. Please contact Wild Ones Chapter Liaison Lisa Olsen at [email protected] with any questions about completing or submitting the forms. Extension requests must be received by December 29th, 2021.

Both the forms and the submission process for this year's SOCR are new. Upon completing the 2021 SOCR form(s), please take few moments to answer a few short questions and comment on your experience. To make positive adjustments moving forward, we need your feedback! Please log into your account at members.wildones.org to complete the survey at members.wildones.org/2021-socr-feedback-survey.

W-9's must be submitted to the Wild Ones national office. At the end of the year, Wild Ones compiles all chapters' payments to ensure 1099’s for all qualifying vendors and speakers are appropriately distributed based on the financial requirements. Please obtain a W-9 from all speakers/vendors regardless of whether or not your payment is less than the W-9 requirement.

Chapter presidents and treasurers: Keep an eye on your inboxes: a revised End of Year Chapter Financial Report (due January 31^st, 2022) will be out soon.

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